are deciphering
- present progressive of decipher.
Example Sentences
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"We are deciphering the 'identity card' of tumors, by identifying, one by one, the key variables that determine the evolution of the disease," explains Pittet.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 10, 2026
Two weeks of diving uncovered centuries of sunken ships, and researchers are deciphering the clues contained in each.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 3, 2015
Children who have rich vocabularies, packed with less common, more sophisticated words, learn to read more easily because they can make sense of the words they are deciphering.
From Time ● Sep. 22, 2015
Scholars are deciphering what artists were expressing and how sitters were probably feeling, along with how audiences reacted.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2012
This error does not occur much in direct inductions, since the things themselves are there present to the senses or memory; but chiefly, in Ratiocination, where we are deciphering our own or others' notes.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)
